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Unlocking the Emotional BrainBook

by Bruce Ecker, Robin Ticic and Laurel Hulley

Who uses, recommends or left Unlocking the Emotional Brain, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Kevin Simler
Writer and engineer behind the blog Melting Asphalt; co-author with Robin Hanson of The Elephant in the Brain.
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Bruce Ecker, Robin Ticic, and Laurel Hulley, Unlocking the Emotional Brain (Goodreads, Amazon). Recommended by @QiaochuYuan (IIRC), Kaj Sotala/@xuenay, and others. Read these reviews by Kaj Sotala and Scott Alexander. Poorly-written book, hard to read, but excellent material.

His 'What I'm Reading' page (last updated August 9, 2020), in 'Recent reads'.

2020-08-09·meltingasphalt.com ↗

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